Interesting and very organized. Perfect outing especially now during COVID. No school groups mucky up Tuesday space .

Birthplace of modern cigarette companies. The Dukes created a philanthropic empire and still have many named sites left. The house and farm are modest, but the story, museum and film are wonderful. Its free as well, unless you would like a tour guide!

This is a great place to learn about the very early history of the Duke business, growth, and contribution to eduction. Not just the plantation, but the men and women who worked the plantation has made this area wonderful unique. Completely free, with an indoor museum, public restrooms, outdoor exploration, picnic area, and friendly staff. We came to pass time, but stayed to enjoy the site.

Neat and organized place. Good for family/friends outing.

Excellent day out and nice day for it as well

Amazing piece of history! Definitely do the tour and watch the video, we learned a ton about the Dukes history here that also made the rest of our trip to NC make much more sense. Do this at the beginning of the trip so you have the historical knowledge as you travel around the rest of the area, it makes a big difference!

My wife and I found this to be a very well presented history of the Duke family and of the tobacco industry in North Carolina. We went on a Tuesday afternoon and received a private tour of the barns and house. The docent, Bobby was very knowledgeable, polite and interesting.Anyone who lives in NC or is just visiting should visit the site, get a tour, see the film and explore the museum. We learned a great deal more than we anticipated.

A living recreation of the Duke family farm, the man that made cigarettes successful, painted Bull Durham on barns, and changed this region of NC forever. This is the Duke of Duke University.

Museum was quite interesting as were the out buildings

Very nice historical place, teaches a lot about how tobacco influenced NCs commerce.

Cute local place! I understood the duke family lived here. The historical site is a fun place with monthly fundraising events!

Fascinating site preserving a place Central to North Carolinas history.

Nice history lesson on tobacco. Neat old homestead. Take the tour!

Nice place for pinics

Lovely spot and quite interesting. Watch the welcome movie for some historical background.

Excellent place where history was made. From the present to past experience life as it use to be. The men and women worked hard from sunup to sundown just to make a living. Simple, yet passionate life of deserving people. The history of this place takes you back to a simple yet demanding life. A must see if you are in the Durham area.

Great outdoor place with a history. Has a tobacco museum. Perfect for kids. Look for appropriate events for kids to make it more fun. My 5 year old son totally loved the farm festival.

Nice, fun place to visit,all about tobacco and the Bull city.inside and outside exhibits bathrooms on site.

Nice historic place telling the history of tobacco in NC

This is one of our familys favorite museums that we visited in North Carolina. It was free and there was a tour that was really interesting and fun for kids. If youre in the area I would suggest going to it. Give yourself about an hour to an hour and a half to go through the museum.

Even though Im against tobacco, it doesnt erase the history. I went with my 5-year old son on an off-day where there seemed to be no other visitors besides ourselves. I HIGHLY recommend going on an off-day. We asked for a tour and we got one, and since we were the only ones on the tour we went at our own speed. I was able to summarize for my son, ask questions, and he got to prepare some tobacco (his favorite part according to him). I was also able to teach him about stuff that was not part of the tour, such as explaining the items found around the restored home, the way they had no air conditioning and what they did, and other bits that helped him understand the different life they lived. This is important since the buildings are locked when not on a tour.The tobacco museum is not one of those small museums but rather a sophisticated museum and showcase of tobacco through the ages. Its huge. It has animatronics, voice over talks explaining machinery, and interactive everything. You could easily spend an hour there casually letting the museum teach you.Its all free. Bathrooms, water, no smoking (!), lots of parking, etc.

Wonderful place to learn of the past. Hornworm Festival is relaxed fun for the family.

Great educational location! Went for a haunted event and while it was simple it was a nice experience. The oil lanterns created a great spooky atmosphere while maintaining time period relevance. Would recommend for a local historic lesson.

The Tobbaco Museum is great, it has a wide variety of information, videos, interactive stations, and machinery that was used in the production/manufacturing of Tobbaco products. The Homestead is amazing, its comprised of several outbuildings, and the Duke Home, all of which are from the 1800s. The Homestead shows how day to day life wouldve been on a small farm in the 1800s.

This Homestead site and Museum is a must see as a window into a the Major Player in the the Economic growth and development of North Carolina......started from Humble beginnings.....the Culture of Tobacco that was the life for many North Carolina families for a century.The museum has lots of equipment used in the production and items used for the product

Love the presentations and touring the well kept area. It was so pretty, and the people were great

Very educational and a great way to step back in time.

Great information on the heyday of the tobacco industry and its effect on the economy and society of North Carolina and the United States. The exhibits are a bit dated but the information is comprehensive.

Love it here! Hope to go back and walk the grounds when its not wet underfoot. Museum very thorough and well done!

I love this place. Quiet. Love to take my little dog for walks. A reminder of simpler times.

This was a very cool experience that has a lot of history for the Durham area. I went as a chaperone for my daughters second grade class and our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable, professional and patient. Which any parent knows is not East with a bunch of second graders. They did a good job also getting the kids involved with different things to participate in like “milking” a cow, churning butter, and trying on clothes. My daughter and her friends had a great time.

Learn about the foundation of the Duke legacy and the birth of Durham.

Very interesting, the museum has thorough information regarding the history of tobacco. The grounds are spacious.

This is a historic site. It has house and farm from civil war dsys.

Good history, plenty to see, something relaxing and educational to do with the family.

Was very nice experience

Lovely place to go..Very Rustic and very historical.

Excellent stop...take the guided tour and watch the film...Tobaccy is King!!!

Nice museum. Great volunteer tour guide. Educational. A lot of information about the tobacco industry and the Duke family. Their philanthropy continues today.

Lots of interesting history.

Had a blast with our sons 2nd grade class. Kids liked all the activities they had planned.

Sweet little museum thats free to visit. Staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Plenty of parking and easy to find. They have a number of special events each year where vendors set up stalls and kids can do activities. If you have moved to Durham from elsewhere in the state/country/world, visiting Duke Homestead will provide you with all the necessary information to become a Bull City expert!

Nice to see a piece of history.

What a great place volunteers are so knowledgeable and friendly dont miss

It was aight, good for the family.

Beautiful farm experience for kids.

The museum is a very interesting look on the history and growth of the tobacco industry in the area. While neat, the grounds are where Duke Homestead really shines. They do a great job of maintaining the land and buildings - making the walk around feel like walking back a ways in time.

Visit here about weekly on my bike. Come with the family as well when they have events. Its so close we have no reason not to! Staff is very cool and will continue to visit often.

Good education place for kids

Informative museum with creative displays. The homestead is designed to look like it did in the old days. The guided tour is helpful.

Field trip included: Digging for historical artifacts, playing old-timey game, learning about the Dukes and their homestead. 10min video of life on the farm back then (packed with info yet short enuf to hold a young childs attention). Extensive Tobacco museum and tour of the house.

Great Historical location

It was an awesome school trip for the second graders. The children, and the parents, loved it. Very educational and fun.

Wonder how cigarettes became a part of American life? The answers are HERE. Great little video, excellent museum. LEAVE A good DONATION if you can b/c this educational place is fab - NO, I dont work there. I live in AZ and we stumbled on this informative place while visiting our soldier at Fort Bragg. Gift shop lacks but everything else is eye-opening.

Very cool historical place. Also its free.

This area doesnt have too much but it does take you back a little bit in history

Loved the basket class!!!

Great information, lots to read and learn. The museum is quite large and has a great deal of older products. The homestead itself is very pretty.

I enjoyed my visit here.

Good walk about, they spent most of the time staying away from tobacco deaths & millions made and and talking up the good.

Guided tour was excellent.

Amazing experience. The staff was very knowledgeable provided information regarding how Duke family started and grew an empire with tabacco

This a historical site. The Duke family farmed at this farm. Then they figured out that the real $s was in the sale of tobacco products soooo they stopped growing tobacco & started buying tobacco from other farmers & then producing cigarettes & other tobacco products. ... the rest of this story is ..well . history.

Great place to learn the history of tobacco in NC, and you cant understand NC without understanding tobacco. We did the moonlight tour, which was really great.

We went here for Pork, Pickles and Pie. The museum was informative, the house interpretation was great and historically accurate and my kids enjoyed getting to taste various pies.

Very cool place

History but houses closed...

Very interesting piece on how tobacco and marketing and history have shaped American society. Kudos to the hard work of farmers and dreamers.

The history of the economic development is amazing. You wont regret your visit to the Duke Homestead.

Its a pretty cool place but I wish I had taken the guided tour. You cant go in the historic buildings on a self tour.

Wonderful tour guide

Everything is extremely well kept and curated. I especially enjoy the weekend events that are hosted on the lawn.

Great history and the homestead its really pretty

Was very boring

Good when have special kids programs

Interesting museum on the history of tobacco and and really informative tour of the Duke family.

Great place to learn about the aftermath and recovery from the Civil War. Nice walks and picnic options too.

Really cool place to have a picnic if you want ticks all over you

Traces the important history of tobacco production and manufacture in the state of NC through a movie, indoor exhibits, and preserved buildings. Friendly staff, be sure to take the guided tour.

Really neat to see where the tobacco industry started

Very cool place to learn about the history of the region!

Everybody knows about Duke University, but of you ever wondered why the University was named after the family? I did so I took this free tour of the family homestead that answered all of my questions. Like jow they made the transformation from farmer to ballers. What they did differently that made them successful and how they spent their money.

I love old things.

Good guided tour of more than one building.....

Very interesting history

It is a small spot but has significant history of actual buildings that started the American Tobacco Company. It was well worth a couple of hours.

The Christmas by Candlelight was a wonderful evening.

Great walk-around and tobacco museum

Nice and peaceful

Very informational experience.

Lived it beautiful.

I didnt see much to do here.

Not fun

Beautiful historic park

It was ok nothing special

Christmas event

Beautiful & Educational

Excellent tour

Great Durham history

Great place to visit!